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Old 08-21-2005, 02:48 PM   #5 (permalink)
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Default Re: Musa 'Bordelon' fruiting ?

Who knows, there are probly a few different types based on the common trend in the banana trade today anyways, seems for every name there are at least 3 different plants. I didnt see any ones with ripe fruit, I guess no one wanted to pollinate them. Im going into breeding myself, I got lots of help but I have some really cool ideas, some ornamental, some edible (these should be fun, AA cultivars x Rhodochlamys, you see where this is going! Its reported to work just fine, just the plants I guess were never released to the trade). I have lots of ideas but not enough capacity to do them all, but I should be able to get a few done in the next year at least. If you are still up for experimenting with pollen shipping, I got some cool ideas. Seems there has been close to zero Callimusa hybrid experiments, I guess just some textilis x some small Callimusa and thats its. Musa coccinea x anything else seems kinda obvious for a kick-ass new one, so I know I got to try that! Maybe M. coccinea x campestris var. limbangensis, or x borneensis? Now were talkin! Maybe when I make it over to Hawaii in 2 years I can try out that stuff. I want to cross every bloom I get, makes no sense to try to get seeds of the plants I already have!
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